DXP Enterprises, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2023 Results
$27.2 million in cash $419.2 million in sales, an 8.2 percent year-over-year increase $1,271.6 million in year to date sales, an 18.3 percent year-over-year increase Diluted earnings per share of $0.93, up 31.0 percent compared to Q3 2022 $44.0 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation &…
DIRTT to Release Q3 2023 Financial Results November 9
CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd. (“DIRTT” or the “Company”) (TSX:DRT; OTC: DRTTF), a leader in industrialized construction, announced today that it will release its third quarter 2023 financial results on Thursday, November 9th, 2023, after markets close. In conjunction with the release…
Crescent Point to buy Hammerhead in $2.55-billion deal
Deal positions Crescent Point as a dominant player in Montney oil-producing region of Alberta…
South Korea Stocks Jump as Nation Reimposes Ban on Short-Selling
South Korean stocks surged following the nation’s move to reimpose a full ban on short-selling for about eight months as authorities look to stomp out illegal use of the trading tactic in order to curb market turmoil…
China’s Fight Against Deflation May Be Far From Over
China’s deflationary pressures just aren’t going away, underscoring the fragility of the economic recovery as 2023 enters the home stretch…
Singapore May Review Past Takeovers on National Security Grounds
Singapore’s government will get powers to block takeovers of key entities, including those that act against national security interests and change ownership or control in the two years before a proposed new law comes into effect…
Japanese consumers are eating more local fish in spite of China’s ban due to Fukushima wastewater
IWAKI, Japan (AP) — Local fishing communities feared the worst when the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant began discharging treated radioactive wastewater into the sea. Instead of a business calamity, however, consumers from across the nation have supported the region by eating more fish. Besides boosting a fragile industry…
Diamond Estate Wines & Spirits Inc. Announces Collaboration with Renaissance Wine Merchants
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ontario — Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc. (TSXV: DWS) (“Diamond Estates” or the “Company”) announces today, through its commercial division, Trajectory Beverage Partners, a significant development that will strengthen its Western Canada business. The Company has entered into a business collaboration agreement (the “Agreement”) with Renaissance Wine Merchants Ltd…
Ceridian Announces Time Change for Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results on November 1
TORONTO and MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ceridian HCM Holding Inc. (“Ceridian”) (NYSE:CDAY) (TSX:CDAY), a global leader in human capital management (HCM) technology, announced today that it will release financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023, before the open of regular market trading on Wednesday…
The UAW says its strike ‘won things no one thought possible’ from automakers. Here’s how it fared
The United Auto Workers won at least partial victories on many of the key demands that led to the six-week strike against Ford, General Motors and Jeep maker Stellantis. The union has given some details of the deals, including a detailed explanation of the agreement it reached with Ford…
FTX Origins, Mistakes Made, ‘Freakoutness’: SBF on the Stand
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried returns to the stand Monday, when he’s likely to face a bruising cross-examination based on his Friday testimony that he made mistakes but didn’t commit fraud that led to the cryptocurrency exchange’s collapse…
Ukraine Recap: Malta Meeting Affirms Backing for Peace Formula
A meeting of national security officials in Malta showed continued support for key elements of Ukraine’s so-called peace formula, according to an EU official. A total of 74 people attended, including 10 who participated online, the official said. The gathering followed similar meetings in Copenhagen in June and Jeddah in July…
‘Aggressively corny’: Science has an answer for why people still wave on Zoom
The ‘Zoom wave’ is as much a remote-work ritual as wearing sweatpants with a business-friendly top…
AGCO Welcomes Plevna Implement Expansion in Western Indiana
Acquisition of Rensselaer location and commitment to open a fifth Indiana store will expand Plevna sales and services across northern Indiana. DULUTH, Ga. — AGCO Corporation (NYSE: AGCO), a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of agricultural machinery and precision ag technology, welcomed Plevna Implement’s expansion into western Indiana with its recent announcement…
Puma Exploration Samples 362 g/t Gold at Newly Optioned TIMM Gold Property
Strategic gold property located along national road, only 10km from St-Quentin and 25km west of Williams Brook Flagship property. High-grade gold structure, with initial surface sampling up to 362 g/t gold*. Mineralization hosted in similar quartz veins within sedimentary package. Similar depositional gold environment as Williams Brook Gold property…
A Hong Kong court upholds a ruling in favor of equal inheritance rights for same-sex couples
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court on Tuesday upheld a ruling that favored the granting of equal inheritance rights to same-sex couples, in the latest victory for the city’s LGBTQ+ community. The decision by the Court of Appeal rejected the government’s motion against the ruling that said the differential treatment facing same-sex married…
China crackdown on cyber scams in Southeast Asia nets thousands but leaves networks intact
BANGKOK (AP) — Zhang Hongliang, a former restaurant manager in central China, took various gigs in and outside China to support his family after losing his job during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March, a job offer to teach Chinese cooking at a restaurant led him into a cyber scam compound in Myanmar…
NATO Admiral Says Growing China-Russia Ties Raise Risk in Arctic
NATO is increasingly concerned about China’s shipping on Russia’s Northern Sea route, and the possibility that its commercial and scientific interests could be a precursor to a Chinese military presence in the Arctic, the alliance’s senior military officer said…
Vortex Energy Announces Extension of Marketing Program
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vortex Energy Corp. (CSE: VRTX | OTC: VTECF | FRA: AA3) (“Vortex” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce, further to its news releases on April 28, 2023, June 23, 2023, July 21, 2023, and September 1st…
Fed Chair Powell: Slower economic growth may be needed to conquer stubbornly high inflation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that inflation remains too high and that bringing it down to the Fed’s target level will likely require a slower-growing economy and job market. Powell noted that inflation has cooled significantly from a year ago. But he cautioned that it’s not yet clear whether inflation…